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August 31, 2018
James Madison wrote that the "accumulation of all powers,
legislative, executive, and judiciary in the same hands ... may justly be
pronounced the very definition of tyranny."
In America we have three separate but co-equal branches of
government — executive, legislative and judicial. The founding fathers created
a system of checks and balances that require a certain level of mutual respect.
The judicial branch must be independent and not be
influenced by bias or politics. To suggest otherwise undermines the court's
independence. Unfortunately, the courts are under attack in this country.
In June 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump said that U.S.
District Judge Gonzalo Curiel of the Southern District of California could not
be impartial when deciding the highly contested future of Trump University
because of his "Mexican heritage." His vitriol toward the judiciary has been
nonstop ever since.
Charles Geyh, an Indiana University law professor and expert
on judicial conduct and ethics, told the Washington Post that such bravado is
sending a dangerous message, "As the leader of the free world, I should be able
to do what I choose. The court shouldn't be able to get involved."
Geyh said Trump's attitude shows a lack of understanding of
the equal roles of the three branches of government, specifically of the
judiciary's job to serve as a check on the executive branch.
Such attacks upon judges and judicial decisions undermines
the legitimacy of the courts. The attacks are not limited to Trump. Recently,
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf asked the state's Judicial Conduct Board to
review a decision by a county judge who let a father have unsupervised visits
with his child before the father beat the child to death and killed himself.
The child's relatives are calling for the judge's removal,
and have a petition with 37,000 signatures to bolster their efforts. Not unlike
the successful effort of Californians who voted to recall the judge who
sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault.
Santa Clara County, California Judge Aaron Persky was
removed from office after he sentenced Brock Turner to six months in jail,
after prosecutors argued for a 7-year prison sentence, for sexually assaulting
a young woman on campus.
Jules Epstein a law professor at Temple University Law
School recently wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "We live in a country where
the judiciary is under attack ... Americans want and need judges to make tough
decisions without looking over their shoulders."
Samuel Stretton, an ethics lawyer told the Inquirer, "You
don't get judicial discipline just because a judge makes a decision that turns
out to be wrong, as long as it was made fairly, honestly and based on the
The sad truth is that we have let politicians put their own
personal interests before the interests of the nation. I'm not suggesting blind
adherence to the courts. There is always room to challenge an unjust decision.
The place for that challenge is not at a press conference or
on Twitter. Judicial opinions can be reviewed. Legislation can be enacted and
an executive can use his or her authority to veto, issue executive orders or
use the bully pulpit to rally support for change.
A governor or president's disrespect and contempt for one of
the bedrock principles of democracy demonstrates why an independent judicial
branch is essential.
The executive branch should not undermine the authority of
the judicial branch, nor should the judicial branch circumvent the
constitutional foundation of this nation. Our system of checks and balances is
a shining example of democracy.
This 231 year experiment in governance works best when each
branch accords the others a certain level of deference — not blind faith — but
dignity and respect.
— Matthew T. Mangino is of counsel with Luxenberg, Garbett,
Kelly & George P.C. His book The Executioner's Toll, 2010 was released by
McFarland Publishing. You can reach him at www.mattmangino.com and follow him
on Twitter @MatthewTMangino.
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Verizon Wireless on Tuesday introduced a new family of Droid smartphones including the Droid Mini, Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx. All three handsets are being produced by Motorola as part of a new exclusivity deal.
With this partnership, Motorola Mobility will be the only smartphone manufacturer to produce handsets under the "Droid" moniker.
That's actually a recommitment between the two partners, which worked together to bring out the original Droid smartphone. That device, in turn, helped push Google's Android mobile operating system into the mainstream.
Other handset makers have stepped up since then with offerings under the Droid name, which is actually a Verizon franchise. With this deal, however, Motorola Mobility — now owned by Google — will be the sole maker of the licensed brand.
Neither Motorola Mobility nor Verizon responded to our request for further details.
A Trio of Droids
Instead of releasing the latest Droid device, Verizon and Motorola instead opted to introduce three handsets, beginning with the five-inch Droid Ultra, which the carrier touted as being the thinnest 4G LTE smartphone to date, at just 0.28 inches thick.
The Maxx steps up a bit in size and is 0.33 inches thick, but it also offers a battery that can last for 48 hours, the companies say.
The Mini, meanwhile, brings things down with a 4.3-inch screen — much like that of the recently revealed HTC One Mini.
All three offer a display resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels. The Ultra and Maxx each offer a Super AMOLED screen, while the Mini utilizes a more standard TFT LCD screen.
The three new devices will all be built around the Droid Command Center, which is a Verizon-exclusive home-screen widget that allows users to get quick and easy access to notifications for text messages, missed calls, battery level and even weather.
It further can serve as a gateway to new features, such as the Wireless Display that can stream content from a compatible HDTV as well as offering options to play games and even browse the Web.
Staying Active
To ensure that the devices won't run out of juice, the new handsets will offer a new Active Notifications feature that will flash a notification on only part of the screen. Users can also take advantage of Touchless Controls and Active Display to make calls, send texts, get directions, play music or even preview notifications hands free without having to unlock the device.
All three devices feature the new Motorola-designed system-on-a-chip (SoC), which Motorola claims is 24 percent faster than last year's model while offering 100 percent better graphics performance.
The three devices feature a DuPont Kevlar fiber unibody design and are now available for preorder. The Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx will arrive at retail on August 20 for US$199.99 and $299.99, respectively, while the Droid Mini will arrive on August 29 for $99.99; all will involve a two-year contract.
What's in a Name?
Historically, Verizon has been exclusive to Verizon but not to Motorola. With this deal, that will change.
"These Motorola Android devices are updates to the existing models at Verizon," Roger Entner, principal analyst at Recon Analytics, told the E-Commerce Times. "The exclusive partnership means that only Motorola will build Droid phones going forward. This will help Motorola as the brand strength of Droid is exclusively behind them."
Indeed, "Droid is actually a Verizon exclusive for the name, as the brand was licensed from LucasArts and now is licensed from Disney," Wayne Lam, senior analyst for mobile at IHS iSuppli, told the E-Commerce Times. "It started with Motorola, but there have been Droid devices from HTC and Samsung.
"What we are now seeing is a refresh from what was introduced last year," Lam added.
The bigger news, though, is that the design that Motorola has worked on is its own processor, he added.
"They aren't using Samsung or Qualcomm chips with these devices, so that means more efficient cores doing some of the processing so not running down the battery," Lam added.
Brand Identity or Brand Confusion
Verizon Wireless and Motorola "have always had an exclusive agreement of sorts," telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "Today's announcement of new Droid devices is just the next step in that process. What is new is that Google acquired Motorola and will be introducing the new Moto X next week."
Indeed, "this is setting up for the Moto X design," Lam suggested. "This is really embarking in a new direction for usage with Android. This gives the market a clear direction where Google is going with Motorola as its manufacturing arm, and where it wants to take the platform."
Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see how Motorola handles the potential brand confusion, Kagan noted.
That, in turn, "depends how Google and Motorola position it," said Kagan. "This is brand-new for us since we have no past experience on how a Google Motorola does things. It sounds like Droid phones will be Verizon-only and the Moto X phones will be for all carriers.
"Will they have similar features or will they be completely different devices with different features?" Kagan mused. "There are many questions and few answers today. We'll just have to wait and see."

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Garrett Graham is a rarity among free agents. He hit the open market, and then he returned to his original team.
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Follow all the developments on the NFL's open market with our up-to-the-minute tracking of 2014's free agents. **More...**
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that Graham agreed to remain with the team, according to a source informed of his plans. It's a three-year deal at roughly $3.75 million per year, Rapoport reported. The team officially announced the signing later.
Graham was one of the most intriguing names available in free agency because of his pass-catching ability.
In Graham and second-year pro Ryan Griffin, the Texans have a promising tight-end tandem. They probably will look for a better blocker at the position in free agency and the draft. The team released Owen Daniels on Tuesday.
Graham was our No. 86 player available entering free agency. Guys like Jermichael Finley and Brandon Pettigrew are still available, but Pettigrew could be signing somewhere shortly.
*The latest "Around The League Podcast" recaps the wild start of free agency. *


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Screens with a 1024×768 resolution are a bit like Windows XP: there have long been better options, but they still remained the most often used screens on the web. That is, until now. According to the latest data from StatCounter, 1366×768 screens just surpassed 1024×768 as the most popular screen resolution used by the visitors to StatCounter's global network of sites. Three years ago, 1024×768 still accounted for almost 42% of all visitors to the roughly three million sites that use StatCounter. Today, that number has fallen to 18.6% and 1366×768 screens now account for 19.28%, up from just 0.68% in May 2009.
It's worth noting that these are global numbers. In Europe, the higher-resolution screens already overtook their predecessors late last year and in the U.S., 1024×768 still holds on to the top spot (but just barely).
Another resolution that is slowly declining in usage is 1280×800. This used to be an especially popular resolution on laptops, but most modern machines now offer higher resolutions.
For the most part, though, what sadly hasn't changed much in recent years is the pixel density of these displays. This may change once Apple brings its Retina displays to its MacBook line, but right now, it's almost as hard to find a small display with a very high resolution in a mainstream machine as it is to find a screen that isn't widescreen.
Among those who will be happy to hear these numbers is surely Microsoft, which long ago decided that it would target 1366×768 as the standard resolution for Windows 8. To effectively use Windows 8's Metro user interface, for example, 1366×768 is the minimum resolution, though it will run on 1024×768 screens as well. According to Microsoft's own statistics, only 1.2% of active Windows 7 users currently have screens with resolutions of less than 1024×768 and just under 5% still use 1024×768 screens.
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Fishing Size Limits: How Fish are Gaming the System
A recent story in Nature describes a debate about whether fishing is causing fish to reproduce at smaller sizes. The debate is fueled by observations of shrinking average size in all kinds of fished populations, from lobster to swordfish.
The basic idea behind a lot of fisheries management is that we shouldn't take too many juveniles in the fishery, because then there won't be enough to grow up and reproduce. As a result many fisheries operate under size limits, and naturally (when the limits are enforced) the harvest is made up of mostly large fish. We now know, however, that in many species, large fish are disproportionately prodigious in their reproductive output – for example, a female cod that is 120 cm long could produce up to 13 times the number of eggs of a cod that is half as long. So it's time to revisit the wisdom of size limits.
The question is whether fishing – by focusing on large fish – is changing the genetics of fish populations so that they spawn at smaller sizes and invest more energy in that than in growing to large sizes.
There is some evidence that fishing can change the genetics of fish populations. In one lab experiment, scientists harvested 90% of the fish from each of 6 populations. Only the largest fish were taken from two populations; only the smallest from another two populations; and in the final two fish were taken at random. After only four generations, fish in the populations that had lost all their big fish were only about one-third the average weight of those in the random-catch group.
This proves that evolution can occur when selection pressure is very strong, but it's unclear what the implications are for fishery management.
Size limits in, say, a grouper fishery, may exert strong selection pressure for fish that mature earlier. After all, only those that mature quickly will have a chance to breed and pass on their genes. But size limits could also be selecting for fish that simply grow really fast. In this case, size limits might be making fish populations more productive.
Nature is Smarter Than We Are
Of course, the answer to this debate may not be either/or, shrinking fish or more productive ones. In nature, all the factors that can influence fish size, age at maturity, and productivity are operating at once. And there is a good reason why fish populations show a lot of overall variation, including growth rate and size at first maturity. It's an uncertain world, even without fishermen, so it pays a species to hedge its evolutionary bets. When conditions favor fast growth and early maturity, at least some portion of the population is prepared to respond.
Given all that, the most reasonable approach to fishery management is probably not to stay with size limits or eliminate them. Rather, we should adopt management measures that protect all of the size classes of fish populations, since they are all important in some way. Juveniles, for example, need to mature and carry out their ecological roles as food for other species. Adults need to spawn and carry out their ecological roles as predators or ecological engineers. And big adults need to spawn and carry out their ecological roles as predators of larger organisms, which can sometimes help keep an entire ecosystem in balance.
In the end, management that succeeds in maintaining a diversity of size classes will likely result in more robust fisheries over time, as well as in healthier, more resilient ecosystems.
Marine protected areas, or MPAs, are essential elements of this kind of management, since it is in these no-take reserves that the "natural" size structure of a fish population can manifest itself. Once we know what that structure looks like, we can then manage toward it. For example, we can secure habitat that protects a certain life stage of a species, if it's in a depleted state. Catch limits and other ways of managing overall fishing mortality are also important elements, of course, as are tools to ensure that goals are achieved and limits respected.
The saga of the incredible shrinking fish says, in the end, that we can learn a lot from nature about how to set the right goals for fisheries. The natural attributes of fish populations have served them in good stead for millions of years, through all kinds of adversity. If management is geared toward preserving those attributes, fish populations are likely to be able to withstand fisheries — and many other kinds of impacts — too.


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When I entered the offices of the Palawan NGO Network, Inc. (PNNI), it smelled like an auto mechanic shop and I was astonished to find desks crowded out by oily chainsaws stacked to the ceiling.
Here was a community-based NGO, on the island of Palawan, so committed to stopping illegal logging that it placed its members in harm's way to courageously enforce laws through the dangerous work of confronting illegal harvesting, chainsaw confiscation and paralegal work on criminal cases.
PNNI is just one of over 280 NGOs benefiting from forest conservation grants from the Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation (PTFCF). The PTFCF is a grant-making conservation trust fund authorized by the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA), a U.S. Government program that supports forest conservation and debt relief in eligible developing countries. Each participating country signs a bilateral agreement with the United States to fund forest conservation, usually through local foundations that make grants to civil society organizations and communities. In exchange, the U.S. Government writes off a negotiated share of that country's dollar debt, according to specific criteria.
By design, the PTFCF board is comprised of a majority of members from civil society. The Philippines and U.S. Governments are also members in this productive arrangement that is a true public-private partnership.
Since the creation of its grants program in 2005, the PTFCF has provided $4.53 million in grants, generating approximately $3.44 million in co-financing from partners. Efforts to reduce illegal logging, like those of the PNNI, constitute only a small part of the total grant portfolio.
Grants have also helped improve the management of approximately 3.2 million acres of forest lands, restore approximately 8,400 acres of forests through the re-introduction of native tree species, establish over 40 community-conserved critical watersheds in key biodiversity areas, and create 52 community-level sustainable enterprises. In addition to conserving biological diversity and maintaining ecosystem functions for human well-being, such efforts save millions of dollars in natural disaster recovery by mitigating flooding and other storm impacts.
Less Logging, More Mangroves
In the years following my encounter with PNNI, I continued to monitor the impressive PTFCF efforts to curb illegal logging in the Philippines. I found collaborative public-private efforts to enhance forest monitoring and law enforcement on the islands of Palawan, Mindinao and Luzon. Task forces were trained; major anti-logging campaigns were undertaken; and hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of illegally cut timber confiscated—and the offenders prosecuted. Today, annual data from Palawan show a decline in the incidence of illegal logging and an increase in the interception of illegal trafficking of wildlife.
As a result of the impressive track record of its first TFCA agreement in 2002, the PTFCF and the United States recently negotiated a new $31.8 million TFCA agreement signed in July of this year. This second fund will contribute to the five-year Partnership for Growth (PFG) initiative, signed by the United States and the Philippines in November 2011. It will be used to provide grants to conserve, maintain and restore tropical forests in the Sierra Madre, Samar/Leyte, Palawan and Bukidnon/Misamis areas. In addition to helping to preserve the Philippines' extraordinary terrestrial biodiversity, the fund will contribute to international climate change mitigation efforts.
With the completion of this second Philippine deal, the TFCA program now has 19 total agreements in 14 countries. This innovative approach to financing forest conservation has globally generated an impressive $327 million over 13 years to these critical "debt for nature" efforts.
When one considers the substantial interest income from deposits and financial leverage from co-financing partners, the impact is further strengthened. One can expect many more stories, like PNNI's, of courageous conservation efforts in the coming years.


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Residential properties are allowed up to four large bulk debris items per week. All small debris generated by a household needs to be in an approved container with all other household waste/garbage.
Small bulk debris includes household items that can fit into your approved container, such as lamps, small household appliances, etc. Small bulk debris that is not in an approved container will not be collected.
Large bulk debris includes items considered too large to fit into an approved container, such as furniture, mattresses, box springs, carpeting, swing sets, bicycles, etc. Residents are allowed up to four large bulk debris items per week at no extra cost. Some large items can be cut up or broken up to fit into your container.
Bulk debris will be picked up weekly on the same scheduled collection day as household garbage. Placement must occur prior to 7 a.m. on the day of pickup or the evening of the day prior to the scheduled collection day.
Bulk debris must be placed behind the curb line or at the property line in the same location as household garbage.
How prepared:
Bulk debris must be reduced as small as possible and placed in a manner so as not to block sidewalks or storm drains.


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Validating a design through user testing is necessary for the success of almost any product. And it's even more critical in the mobile application space, where context and individual devices play an important role in how a product is experienced.
Fortunately, interactive prototyping is a time-tested way to quickly get your design onto a user's device and into their hands. So, let's look at why prototyping matters and explore one powerful tool that will enable you to do it quickly.
So, What Is A Prototype?
First of all, let's define what a prototype is and is not. A prototype is a design artifact for end-user testing and for communicating functionality to business and development stakeholders. It isn't meant to be a fully functioning entity with live data connections, although sometimes it can be. The best testing prototype has only what you need for your purpose and not a single thing more. The point is to design quickly, test it, fail fast and learn something. This is why you prototype. It's a low-cost activity that saves you time and substantial expense over the life of a design project.
In this article, I'll show you how I used Axure RP 6.5 to prototype a theoretical iPhone app for the Chicago chapter of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). I created this sample prototype recently for an event about design tools run by our local IxDA chapter, but I approached it the way I would in an actual working situation.
If you aren't familiar with it, Axure RP is a rapid prototyping tool that runs on Mac and Windows and can be used to create interactive prototypes for desktop websites and mobile products without writing any code. Axure costs $589 per user license, which allows you to install it on two computers. I run Axure on a MacBook Pro at work and on an iMac in my home office. Some alternatives are:
- iRise Studio
- Balsamiq (Can be used to create clickable wireframes.)
- Microsoft SketchFlow (If you are in a .NET environment.)
If you are new to Axure, start by learning some of the things you shouldn't do, such as creating unnecessary text widgets and not naming your prototype's objects. Have a look at Axure's own "How to Avoid the Top 5 Mistakes When Starting to Use Axure RP."
Getting Started
The first thing you'll need to do is create a new Axure file.
For a mobile website or app, just create the prototype's pages in a smartphone-friendly width and height. If you're targeting the iPhone, create a page that's 320 × 480 pixels (or 1024 × 768 if you are designing for the iPad). Because most mobile pages run longer than the height of the device's screen, focusing on getting the width right is more important. And these widths will work on both Retina and non-Retina iOS displays. Because Axure is a WYSIWYG design tool, you can't size pages by a percentage of the screen's width, which would be ideal. Your prototype will not always expand to fill the screen's width when you flip the device from portrait to landscape orientation, so take that into account if your app will normally be used in landscape mode.
For Android phones, a width of 480 pixels usually works, although I often just create a single 320-pixel-wide version for mobile Web testing on both platforms. This size has displayed correctly on most newer Android phones that I've encountered in testing (and some BlackBerry and other devices as well). Because the pixel width of an Axure project is fixed, testing Android phones on a device that you control is easier because of all the different screen resolutions available. But remember that it's a testing prototype, so don't worry about making it perfect. If you must test on a user's device (perhaps because you need access to native apps such as their address book), then test the prototype on a few different versions of Android while you are building it. Use your website's analytics software to find out what Android versions and handsets are the most popular among your users.
To create a prototype of a native app for Android or iPhone, you can start by adding existing widget libraries to Axure. A list of free and paid widget libraries is maintained on Axure's website (see the "Resources" section below). If you have access to a visual design resource and need a higher level of fidelity, you can have the resource create tab bars, home screen icons and other widgets. If you are creating a lower-fidelity prototype, then the shapes and objects built into Axure might be all you need.
I usually test higher-fidelity prototypes because I want to see how people interact with buttons, icons and other controls. Testing lower-fidelity prototypes can help you learn whether users share your mental model of the app, but you don't gain insight into whether a particular icon makes sense to someone who is using the app for the first time.
Having started the project, I needed to set up the basic framework for the prototype.
I started my project with one page in the "Sitemap" panel. I placed a rectangle that was 320 × 460 pixels on the page to create a canvas to work on.
The first thing I did was create a page header by using a "master," which is a reusable component that can be added to any page in Axure. Masters are powerful because any change you make to one is reflected in every instance of it in your prototype. I created a 300 × 50-pixel master that would hold the page header for all screens of the app other than the home screen.
The project now had one page and one master.
The next step was to place a "dynamic panel" named "ContentPanel" on the canvas in the top-left corner, (X = 0, Y = 0). A dynamic panel is a widget that can contain several of what Axure refers to as "states," which are different views of some portion of the screen based on some user action or the value of a variable. The ContentPanel was 320 × 415 pixels and would hold the contents of the prototype that lie above the iOS tab bar. Dynamic panels are scrollable, so your content can be taller than 415 pixels and will scroll from underneath the tab bar. To keep the scroll bars from appearing, I selected "Never Show Scroll" bars from the "Edit Dynamical Panel" context menu.
The project now has one dynamic panel, which was created with one state by default. More can be added, and they can be renamed. Scroll bars were set to never show. The "Pin to Browser…" menu option will be used later to fix the tab bar to the bottom of the iPhone's screen.
I then created a second dynamic panel called "TabBarPanel" that was 320 × 45 pixels and positioned it beneath ContentPanel. This panel was used to hold the tab bar image, and it brought the total page height to 460 pixels. This left 20 pixels for the iPhone's status bar, which displays at the top of most iPhone app screens.
The tab bar is a PNG image placed in the Tab Bar state of the TabBarPanel. This state always displays and is where the button tap actions are set.
I had to create the container for the tab bar image as a dynamic panel so that I could anchor it to the browser window. When positioning TabBarPanel on the main screen, select Order → Bring to Front from the context menu to ensure that it is never covered by other content.
The tab bar will be anchored to the bottom of the iPhone screen, with the contents of longer pages scrolling underneath it.
The "Pin to Browser" dialog allows you to specify the tab bar's position.
A note on naming objects: Axure allows you to name all objects that you include in a prototype, and I always try to do so. As your prototype becomes more complex or as more people contribute to its development, these names make objects easier to identify when you have to select an object from a long list. I name my objects using my own variation of Hungarian Notation, so a button's name would take the form "btnButtonPurpose," and a text input's name would take the form of "txtTextInputPurpose"; you would create your own names for the parts after "btn" and "txt," of course.
Now we need to create some states for the ContentPanel and get to work on the actual screens of the app. Your panel already has one state because that is created automatically and is named "State1." You can rename a state by double-clicking on its name in the Dynamic Panel Manager, and I prefer doing that in order to keep the prototype more manageable. To create additional states, just select "Add State" from an existing state's context menu.
You can add an unlimited number of states to a dynamic panel.
When you first open a new state, you will see an empty view with a blue dotted lined, which represents the boundaries of the dynamic panel on the Axure page that contains it.
The more States you create, the better you will be able to test different usage scenarios. Because the main goal of prototyping is to learn how people interact with your app, creating only a happy path might not be enough. Create alternative flows when possible if only to see what people try to do with your app. The alternative flow could be as simple as a screen that says, "This page is not working in this prototype," which still allows you to see what they tapped and to probe them on it (a user tapping on a dead link or button tells you almost nothing).
Once I created the six empty States that I needed for my IxDA prototype, I was ready to tie it all together by setting up the tab bar. To create the tab bar with four buttons, I followed these steps:
1. Have a visual designer create a background image of the tab bar and its icons.
2. Position the tab bar at the bottom of the main app page, (X = 0, Y = 416).
3. Right-click the tab bar, and select Convert → Convert to Dynamic Panel from the context menu (you have to convert the master to a dynamic panel so that you can anchor it to the bottom of the screen).
4. From the panel's context menu, select Edit Dynamic Panel → Pin to Browser to anchor it at the bottom of the iPhone screen.
5. Double-click "State1" in the Dynamic Panel Manager on the right side of the screen to rename and edit the panel. I called my single state "Tab Bar."
6. In the Tab Bar state of the TabBarPanel, create four borderless transparent rectangles for the button actions, and position one rectangle over each icon.
7. Set the OnClick event for each transparent rectangle to "Set ContentPanel state to X," where X is the name of the panel that you want to display. This is done by launching the Case Editor from the Interactions view of the Widget Properties panel.
Each of the transparent rectangles has an OnClick event to load a new panel view when it is tapped. The Widget Properties panel is showing the OnClick event for the Job Board icon. In a normal project, the tab bar would be positioned at the coordinates X = 0, Y = 0, but I've moved it down slightly to show the annotation indicators for the footnotes that you can create in the requirements documentation feature of Axure, which is not addressed in this article.
The Case Editor is used to create behaviors in an Axure prototype. Behaviors can be triggered by user behaviors or by the value of a variable set by an earlier user behavior.
You can trigger interactions or set variables in your Axure prototype using the many built-in actions, such as OnClick, OnMouseEnter, OnMouseOut, OnKeyUp, OnFocus, OnLostFocus, OnChange, and OnPanelStateChange. For mobile apps, Axure 6.5 introduced OnSwipeLeft and OnSwipeRight events, which allow you to swipe to the previous and next screens as though you were moving through a deck of cards. Axure's website maintains pages for basic interactions and more advanced uses of dynamic panels.
Once I had a main page, my dynamic panel states, and my tab bar, I was ready to start building the app's content.
The prototype now has one page, one master, the tab bar Dynamic Panel, a dynamic panel with six states, and the home screen design.
The prototype was almost done at this point. All I had to do was create the other five screens that would be stored in the different states of the ContentPanel. In addition to the four screens reached from the tab bar, the prototype included a contact form and a form response screen.
On the Contact Form screen, I wanted to capture the user's name, email address and textual message and store them in variables for possible later use. The way I did this was to use the "Send Message" button's OnClick event to store the values from the three fields in three separate variables. I also constructed the message that will display the user's name and email address on the Form Response screen by connecting text strings and variables in the Case Editor. After capturing the data and preparing the response message, I set the ContentPanel to show the Form Response state. Axure supports chaining events together to create fairly robust screen flows.
If my prototype had multiple Axure pages, I could have used the OnPageLoad event on the Form Response screen to construct the feedback message to the user. But that event is not available to you when you are switching dynamic panel view states. The need to use the OnPageLoad event is one of the factors to consider when deciding how to organize your prototype.
The Send Message button tap is set up to do three things: capture the form field data as individual variables, build the response message that the user will see, and send the user to the Form Response screen.
Forms are definitely one of the most important areas of your prototype to test. In showing my prototype to a few people before our IxDA event, I learned that some found it annoying to have to fill out separate fields for their first and last name. Because the purpose of the screen was to send a simple message, there was no need to collect two separate pieces of data. So, I merged them into one field, which also allowed people to enter just a first name if they wished. For every form input that you want to place on a screen, ask yourself whether it is really necessary for the user to complete the task. Anything you can do to reduce the interaction cost will make your app more usable.
Icons are another important area to prototype, and you should aim for the highest fidelity possible with those because you'll want to test what might ultimately end up in the app. Because icon design is an art form, try to use standard system icons where possible, but be sure to test when you opt for custom icons.
So, at this point, the prototype was complete.
Once I was ready to generate the prototype, I used the Mobile/Device panel of the Generate Prototype dialog to generate the viewport meta tags for iOS and Android. The viewport meta tag is used to make sure that the prototype displays at an appropriate width and is not scaled down to fit the entire page in the mobile browser's viewport. Even when you're simulating a mobile app, Axure will generate HTML files that are displayed in the device's native browser, so correct use of the viewport tag is a must.
These are the viewport meta tags that I generate for handheld mobile prototypes:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=480, target-densityDpi=device-dpi" />
Axure 6.5 also has additional options for iOS devices, such as hiding the browser's address and navigation bars, creating a home screen icon, and creating a splash screen for the iPhone and iPad. Hiding the browser's chrome and using a splash screen will give your HTML-based prototype the look and feel of a native iOS app.
Now that the prototype is complete, you just need to place the HTML and other files that Axure generates onto a Web server that your in-house device or test participant's device can access. I usually use Dropbox or a personal Web server for this. You can also use AxShare, a free service from Axure that let's you host up to 10 prototypes, with discussion features so that your team can work out the final design specifications before entering the build phase. When testing, try to avoid Wi-Fi connections because smartphone carrier networks are usually slower and will give you a more realistic feel for an app's performance, especially an app for the mobile Web. A slower connection might also cause a test participant to volunteer useful information about how often they experience a slow app and slow Web page response. This contextual information is extremely useful to have when designing your product.
Generating a prototype for an iPhone or iPad app allows you to produce an HTML prototype that feels and acts like a native app.
Another essential part of prototyping and testing is doing it in the field. People use their mobile devices on noisy trains, in poorly lit rooms and sometimes with conversations going on around them. Lab-based testing eliminates many of these factors, which can lead to inaccurate interpretations of the test results. One in-field test of mine that always comes to mind was of a guy using a three-year-old BlackBerry in a Starbucks. I really got a feel for how painful every image download was to his overall experience of my mobile website.
As you can see, Axure enables you to quickly create a prototype for a mobile app or website, with no investment in development. By prototyping and testing in the field or in a lab, you can validate your design before ever touching more expensive programming resources. You can also easily update the prototype in the middle of a test cycle to quickly test new findings, something that is harder to do if you are testing with functioning application code or clickable wireframes.
This article touched on just a few of the capabilities of Axure. The tool has many native iOS and Android widgets and form controls that can be used for much more robust native app prototypes. There are also other ways to organize your prototype; the only correct way is to do whatever works best for your project. The important thing is to build the prototype quickly, test it, fail fast, learn and iterate on the design — because that learning is what makes prototyping essential to any successful mobile design project.


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Ray's Place All the Latest Thoughts & Ideas from Ray Mar 15, 2004
Advice Column for March 15, 2004 Hey folks! Sorry I was away so long. I was in Antibes. Anyhow, here are the answers to all the questions that have been building up in my Inbox.
Thanks Chochachos!
Oh, P.S.: still a lot of problems with my Technology Corner article. I'm hoping to get signoff on that by the end of the week. Listen to the theme to Ray's Place, by Milwaukee Youth Children's Choir, aka MC Frontalot
You seem like the kind of dude who might have some furniture knowledge for
me. I bought some cheap vintage furniture because I really dig the way it
looks; nice clean lines and for the most part, hella comfortable. The
problem is the fabric is all faded. It's in pretty good shape, just
discolored. I've read on the internet that you can dye furniture, which
seems like the best option for me since I don't have thousands of dollars to
drop on recovering it (or getting new furniture). Do you have any advice
for me?
Dear Tom, In order to dye the fabric on your furniture, you'd still have to remove the fabric from the piece in question, and that is a job best left to a skilled reupholsterer. Also, self-dyeing is a dangerous business, as the high temperatures and the chemicals involved can unevenly color, shrink or destroy old fabrics. It's virtually impossible to get right without the correct equipment and experience. Sorry to get your hopes down, but professional reupholstering is really the only way to go when it comes to putting a new surface on an upholstered item. Furniture is expensive to repair, but think of the decades of service it will give you once finished — more than any car or appliance! Good luck to you, and thanks for writing in. I hope you have a great week.
Ray, recently I decided drinking crappy beer wasn't gonna do it for me
anymore. I can't take drinking those watered down pilsners anymore. I need
some advice on some good beers. I know the big three don't really
specialize in "good" beer, but its hard to know which microbrews to look
into. Also, I am confused between the differences in taste between a pale
ale, brown ale, lager, etc. I'm a college student, and money isn't coming
out of thin air, [but] I don't want to be wasting my money on a beer with a pretty
label and pretty bad taste.
Dear Aspiring, I think what is happening here is that you are letting other people tell you what tastes bad or good. I have a simple test for you, and I think you should take it right away. 1). Go to the grocery store and buy a bottle of Budweiser. 2). Put that bottle at the bottom of your refrigerator overnight. 3). When you wake up the next day, brush your teeth, put your robe on, rinse several times with plain natural water, and open that beer. Pour it into a glass. a). Start the Braveheart DVD. 4). Take a deep breath. Clear your head. Take a nice pull from the chilled Budweiser. 5). Wasn't that nice? Light, crisp, refreshing and full of Goods. If you need Sam Adams blowing a bunch of sugar up your ass, then get some kind of special machine with a little rubber Sam Adams doll at one end. 6). My favorite part in Braveheart is how crazy that one Irish guy is. I also like the themes of Honor and Importance.
So I figure that everyone has sipped on a Manhattan at one point or
another. It's a good drink and I'm glad someone came up with it. But
what about a Brooklyn? How would you mix up a Brooklyn?
Dear Nim, Interesting! I have never been to Brooklyn, but I am a huge Sopranos fan, so I think I get a little bit about where you are coming from. I guess in my mind I think of Brooklyn as a place where guys say "wicked" a lot and eat a ton of hot dogs. I am also picturing Tony Soprano going Christmas shopping for himself at the golf club store. Anyhow, a recipe for a drink called a "Brooklyn"? You're on!
Drink Recipe: "Da Brooklyn Cocktail"
I'm a huge fan of whiskey, particularly single malt scotch. I was wondering if
you could give me a couple suggestions for relatively inexpensive but still
decent single malts.
Dear Cody, Beware of falling into the snob trap with this stuff — I'm a professional "nose" and serve on the boards of several international fragrance companies, but all single malt Scotches pretty much taste the same to me ("Scotchy"). Sure, some spokespeople say things about "vanilla" and "sherry casks" and stuff like that, but at the end of the day it's just another nice way to throw bark chips at the second-floor window of Sweet Lady Oblivion.
Dear Stuart, Do you see how I crossed out your letter? Pretend that I am your English teacher, and that I just gave you an "F." Have some dignity in your life. F
I have a problem with my roommate in college. He's basically
a nice guy, but I swear every damn thing he does is the most
irritating thing I've ever experienced. He's the kind of
dude who doesn't realize that his roommate needs to do
homework and have private time with his lady. I found out
that he leaves when I play rap music, but ray I can't play
rap music all the time. Stuff's gotta get done. How do I
break it to this guy gently that he's ruining my life?
Dear Ticked, It's easy for two dudes who share a small living space to get mad at each other, particularly when the dudes are paired at random by a college software program. A lot of times colleges say these programs are going to use special variables to match students up with compatible roommates, but in reality the programs can be hard to use and often lead to the opposite purpose of which they were intended. For instance, after high school I did a quarter up at San Pablo Valley Community College, and it was weird because my roommate was this very political dude named Russell Snipes (Russell Snipes is very close to my own name, Ray Smuckles, and I was pretty much not political at that time). Anyhow, Snipes went all crazy during the Gulf War and went out onto the football field one night and blew himself up with an aquarium full of flash powder (don't worry, the aquarium was his, not mine). Unfortunately, it turns out you only get straight A's when your roommate dies on accident, not as the result of suicide. That quarter I got two C's and an Incomplete (all three in Golf).
I was reading your advice column and in particular the one letter about
naming a drink. The drink was one shot of vanilla vodka in one pint of
Guinness. This reminded me immediately of a drink found in my home town of St.
John's in a bar called The Republic. The drink is called a Carbomb and it's a
glass of Guinness and one of those mini-guinness-glasses(I think they're two
or three shots) of Bailey's Irish Cream. The thing is, the Bailey's kind of
curdles in the Guinness so you don't pour it in and mix it. Instead you drop
the little glass into the big one and chug 'em down! It's good if you're not
too slow but horrible if you hesitate.
Dear Jeff, Yeah, that drink is about as obscure as a gin and tonic. I don't know why you think you are the only guy who knows about that drink. It's a standard button on most Squirrel™-brand beverage service order entry systems (#CRBM). Hey man, regarding the last letter in your most recent column, the complex that douchebag and his retarded douchebag girlfriend is referring to ("a female equivalent of an Oedipus complex") is called an Electra complex[.]
I know this is a stupid thing to write a letter about, but I don't get a
whole lot of opportunities to show people that I know what the female
equivalent of an Oedipus complex is, so I didn't want to let this slip away
thank yoiu Like many other people in the first world, I write lots of email, but am now getting confused on how to sign off -- it really happened when I moved overseas to Holland, where I'm running into all these English, Australian, and of course, Dutch people. In the states, I ended email with "Take care," or "See ya," or just my name, if I was short on time.
The English use "Cheers," a lot (what's up…do they have a pint of beer
next to their computers?). And the Dutch, when they're writing in English,
use "greetz" or "greets" which is a literal translation of "de Groeten,"
or figuratively "Salutations." "Take care" which was a real favorite of
mine, is too touchy-feely for these northern, more reserved cultures. To
top it off, I've recently noticed that people are starting to use "Best"
as well, on both sides of the ocean, which I hadn't run into ever before.
Any advice on signing off?
Dear Marco, As you know, I prefer when people are classy and use good grammar. What's wrong with a little old-fashioned proper culture, in this day of someone named "Jay-Z" jumping over a movie title called like 2Fast2Burn in every television ad I see? What's wrong with a little old-fashioned manners, in this day of "C U L8R" and more styles of emoticons than there are letters in the English language? Sure, you may get regarded as "uptight" or "snooty" if you sign off with a classic such as "Best Regards," "Sincerely," "Cordially," or even "Respectfully Yours." But you know what? Be the new cool. Be the coat and tie in the sea of exposed thongs and boxer shorts.
All My Love,
There is this guy I like, but he's so bashful. He never says hi or anything to
me. He knows I like him. How do I get him to talk to me or like me?
Dear Confused, This letter is so weird. You know how you can go camping at the beach and make simple figurines out of marshmallows and sticks, using the marshmallows as joints? It seems like your letter was written by one of those figurines. It's kind of like there is this other figurine about ten feet away from you and stop-motion photography is being used to show you two moving around relative to each other. The soundtrack is really simple and is mainly played on a medium-quality keyboard. That's just the thought I'm having in my head. Dear Readers: This response is from "m," who last time said that my name was "cheezy." Oh dear. I did not mean to insinuate your name was cheezy. I was thinking of the connections that could be made with the movie 'Titanic,' but a quick Google of "King of the World" reveals Bob Marley, a book about Muhammad Ali, Sir Edmund Hillary, and Steely Dan as being the top associations with the phrase, so obviously my initial assessment was incorrect. My abject apologies, Ray.
I do have a question, though: Is it difficult to stuff your tail through the tail-hole in your thong every time you have to put it back on? I would imagine unless there is some sort
of prehensile skill there, that would be challenging...
Dear M, Thank you, apology accepted. (Readers: it is good form to always accept an apology, unless it is like a real serious ethical offense or there is a blood feud). As far as your question about my Grill goes, cats do have a pretty simple time directing our tails to do various things. Our tails are kind of like hands: they are easy to control and we have muscles which allow us to make practical use of them.
Is achewood another word for blue balls?
Dear Milyn, Not as far as I know — it's mainly the name of our town (definition here). The only terms I know of for "blue balls" are:
Hope this helps.
I went out with a girl for a year and a half, and it was a really great,
loving relationship. After that year and a half of intense feelings, though,
we decided mutually to split up. I came to hate that decision, though, and
didn't quite get over her until a short while ago. My problem is this: I've
lost my game. I can't feel comfortable around women who are in my league; in
fact, I've had to go down the chain a fair bit just to feel comfortable
around a girl. My question is this: how can I regain my lost confidence and
get back in the saddle?
Dear J., I think the first half of your letter is what you really wanted to write about. That's why you put it at the front of your email. You want to get back with this main girl. That is the thing you would like to do. If it is not feasible for you to get back with the main girl then yeah, you are going to spend a lot of time measuring all your other dating prospects against your memory of her. Listen, dude, ex-girlfriends are never as awesome as you remember them. They all had bad breath in the morning, were not magical, and definitely farted at least once when you were around to notice. You probably also remember the slight hint of wispy dark upper-lip hair, around the creases of the mouth, that most dudes see in the early morning light. I don't know, I'm just saying.
Okay Ray, here's my problem - I got debt. Real bad, too - four different credit
cards, electric, gas, water, Verizon and that BMG music club. (I always forget
to mail back those reply cards). Plus, I've got rent due and am behind on my
car payments. On top of all this, I recently lost my job doing tech support for
the cable company because I was rude to the customers and kept giving them the
wrong information about all their problems. I was using my Discover card to pay
all my other bills, but I maxed that one out - like all the others. In short,
I'm screwed and none of this ever would have happened if those credit card
companies made such convincing offers to me. So I want to sue them. Also, the
collection companies are probably going to come by pretty soon and take away my
stereo, my car and my DVD player. I'm probably gonna be evicted too, since I'm
not going to be able to pay my rent. So I'm going to sue the collections
agencies and my landlord, plus Verizon and the gas and electric companies and
everybody else I owe money to as well. My only problem is finding a lawyer to
work pro bono for me. Do you know any such lawyers, Ray? All these people and
companies screwed me over and now I want to make them pay!
Dear Way In Debt, Debt consolidation is the name of the game. Coordinate your monthly payments and finance rates under one financier. Also, try to stop being such a jackhole and blaming everyone for your problems (which you created through greed!). Step Up And Act Like A Dad (S.A.L.A.D.).
Alright, so I know you don't want to be discussing too much politics, and
that is something I respect. But I just gotta ask you -- without you
endorsing any one candidate -- is a vote for Philippe "making a statement"
if he doesn't win, or is just a wasted vote?
Dear Denver, Philippe hasn't won any primaries yet, but he has been able to remain below the radar of both the Bush and Kerry campaigns. I think Nader is the third-party candidate who is going to take the bulk of their firepower, so that should leave Philippe relatively unscathed come November. I'm sorry Ray, at first i thought it was a quirk of yours and tried to shrug it off, but i can't, i must tell you.
CHOCHACHOS is not a word in any language.
Dear Anonymous, "Chochacho" is a word. See? I just said it. It came out of my mouth. It's a word. How come you feel like you have to tell everyone in the world when you think a certain word is not an actual word? Word definition is largely a matter of opinion, and you definitely have a lame opinion. Sorry.
I was reading your blog the other day. […] You mentioned Beef working up a SICK
amount of his famous creamy bacon potato salad. Any
chance on getting him to divulge the recipe for this
and posting it on your column? His method for home
fries as published in the cookbook yields amazing
results, and I'm curious to see how a potato salad a
la Beef would taste. Also, I'd like to say thanks for
your drink recipe contributions. Many a lady has
succumbed to my wily charm after a few Drinks Of
Dear Antal, Good news! The Achewood Cookbook is due to be revised with a mad amount of new material, including like over fifteen new recipes and updates to the recipes which are in there. Roast Beef's Bacon Crunch Whisper Salad is definitely one of the new recipes. And don't worry— the word "Whisper" in the recipe name does not mean that the food sucks. It mainly means that a nice binder exists between the primary starch and the supporting ingredients. I'm having quite the dilemma with the lady types. Seeing as you're pretty much a guru in everything, I figured you could help me out. I've never really had problems with the ladies, which is odd because I'm not the most attractive guy. I've always just been a "sweet guy," you know, the kind of dude where ladies are like "Well, he may not be a looker but damn is he sweet. He's also a good cook too."
That's worked most of my life, but now that I'm a swingin' bachelor,
it seems that I can't get back into the game. Everyone sees me as the
nice guy, or, in some cases, they think I'm gay. Girls don't think
twice about changing in front of me, or telling me in exhausting detail
about their sex lives. They think nothing about it, because they don't
see me as a boyfriend type. I want to shed this pansy image, but I
don't want to be a testosterone-y meat head dick (who is bad). Can you
help a brother out?
Dear Actually Not Gay, Yeah, if women are changing clothes in front of you while not even breaking a stride in their sentences about their sex lives, you are definitely seen as a gay person. You are definitely not seen as a straight man. Do you sit back on the bed while they change and talk, stroking your nice little Min-Pin, while wearing an excellent A|X shirt with a high-peaked open collar? Do you have devastating sideburns? Examine some of this information and try to look at it in a new light.
Ray, help a fellow golfer out - why do you plumb-bob your putts? I know
several golfers out at the club who do this, and not a single one can
explain the practice. Does it help you read the break (or grain, if you
have Bermuda out there in California)? Also, what kind of putter are you
using these days?
Dear Anonymous, The plumb-bob (the act of standing back from your ball, so that you can see it on a line with the cup relative to the slant of the green, using your putter as a point of true vertical orientation) is just a crude eyeballer. You can have a hunch about the break, but the bob will give your eye more hunchin' material, if you follow me. You know how when you run up to kick a soccer ball, at first your feet kind of take these weird tiny steps before you break into your full stride? That is your subconscious brain completely calculating things out for you. You could never mentally calculate how long each stride in the pattern of strides should be, but your brain can turn this information into chemical juices which never pass through your main cerebellum, and so the soccer ball meets its correct target. It's the same with golf, only since things happen much more slowly we have the time to gather more environmental information. * A Gentle Reminder ("Disclaimer"): This is advice from a cartoon cat, and should not be taken seriously. We are not responsible for anything you do based on what Ray says, or otherwise. Do not commit suicide or otherwise interrupt the lives of others. Continue on with your life as though you had never read this column. Erase your browser history. Not for readers under 18 years of age. |


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Alisa and Xiaoyu (Tekken Series) – Cosplay of the Day
Today marks another cosplay duo's appearance on Cosplay of the Day. We often feature solo models, but we received a submission from a pair of Tekken cosplayers with some pretty awesome outfits. Let's take a look at Alisa Bosconovitch and Ling Xiaoyu from Tekken.
Alisa and Xiaoyu actually become friends in Tekken: Blood Vengeance, a movie released in 2011 that was completely CGI and took place between the events of Tekken 5 and Tekken 6. Both act as spies for their respective bosses but develop a friendship that ends up making them both targets. It's cool to see them both fighting each other and then working together in the game.
Andi (Xiaoyu), and xxPuffy (Alisa), are cosplayers from Australia who have chosen to portray the friendship between the two characters shown in Blood Vengeance. While the characters were in Kyoto, carrying out their spy duties, they became friends at school, which is why we see Andi and xxPuffy in school uniforms rather than the pair's default outfits in the games. They've got the hairstyles, the uniforms, and even the poses down pat, but what makes this a great cosplay duo is the apparent bond between the two.
Check out Andi and xxPuffy's deviantART pages to see what else the two have cosplayed and then let us know if you enjoyed the double cosplay bonus today.
Want your Cosplay to be seen? Send your info to firstname.lastname@example.com and we may feature you in our Cosplay of the Day!


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Are you using SlideShare as a visual marketing tool? If you're not familiar with this free presentation platform, here's a simple guide on how to use SlideShare for marketing to increase the reach of your business and also generate leads.
What Exactly is SlideShare?
SlideShare is more than just a place to upload your webinar or workshop slides. It's a content marketing social site that can optimize your company's information and generate qualified leads.
Most companies spend their time looking for new customers on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest, fighting for that prime spot in the news feed. But SlideShare users don't participate in that battle. They face less competition for their viewers' attention.
And SlideShare users are connecting quicker and easier with potential customers searching for their information. With SlideShare's simple optimization features, you can bring more traffic and added exposure from the first day that you post your presentation than you would tweeting a link during prime time on Twitter.
But don't think that there's less competition on the site. Just take a look at these SlideShare stats:
- 60 million unique users log in every month.
- 400,000 new SlideShare presentations are viewed every month.
- More than 10 million presentations are uploaded per month.
All that traffic isn't just to look at power point presentations. You can upload your product's photos, how-to videos, presentation slides, PDF files and create tips pieces as in this example from Small Business Trends below:
And SlideShare is like the other social sites with the usual online behavior of commenting, downloading and ability to share your content.
How to Start Sharing
It's pretty clear that visual content is growing and if it isn't a part of your marketing plan, adding SlideShare into your mix is a great way to start.
There are a number of programs out there (both paid and free) to help you set up your slide deck. But the easiest way to start is to pull up your Power Point program included in the office suite (this the programs suite that includes Word, Excel and Notepad) in your computer.
Here are some tips for how to use SlideShare to help you create sharable presentations:
- Decide the number of slides.
- Your slides should speak for themselves and not require a lot of text.
- Use powerful images that help create your message.
- Be careful with the fonts you choose. Feel free to be creative but make sure that the text is readable.
- Your slides are like story – there should be a beginning, a middle and an end.
Turning Content Into Leads
Now, you've created your presentation on a topic that's relevant to your target audience. How do you get those qualified leads?
After you upload your presentation to SlideShare, make sure you add in these two simple steps:
- Set up your lead generation form: SlideShare has the option to embed an interactive pop-up form at the end of your presentation. You can set this up for users to enter their information to download your slides and/or to get connected to your company. If the user is a SlideShare member and they've logged in before coming to your form, then the lead generation form will auto-populate the users' contact information. The whole process is easy for both SlideShare members and those who just came across your presentation.
- Add in clickable links: You're not able to add clickable links to the first three pages of your presentation but you can add links to any other slide after the third one.
It's a pretty simple process to add in links. Just this follow these steps:
- Add in a call-to-action button or text copy in your slide to let the reader know that this link will give them more information.
- Highlight that area and select the menu option of 'Insert' and then click on "Hyperlink.'
- Add in your website link in the hyperlink area.
Your presentation now has interactive links.
How to Optimize SlideShare to Get More Traffic
Just like with any other content you post online, you want to make sure that your audience can find your SlideShare presentation. And like everything else on SlideShare, just doing a few easy steps can help your content reach more potential customers.
Here are some optimization tips for you to use:
- Presentation file name – Use your keywords or phrase in the title of your presentation. This not only helps your content get found in SlideShare, it also helps your presentation get indexed in a Google search.
- Presentation description– The first 155 characters of your presentation description will come up in Google search results. SlideShare allows you to have a longer description in their search results so feel free to add more key words and phrases when you complete the SlideShare description area.
- Tags – Similar to other social sites, use the tags that are relevant to your presentation and not just ones that are trending.
- Category – Include the correct categories that fit with your presentation. SlideShare users run a category search so make sure that your content is located in the correct section so your presentation can be found by more people.
- Interactive Links – As I mentioned above, make sure you add in clickable links to your presentation, especially on the last contact me slide. Adding in these links increases your site traffic, thus growing your online reach.
- Sharing Links – Don't forget to set up your presentation for sharing. Check your settings to ensure that the share/embed feature is on to make it easier for readers to share your content.
Need More Ideas to Create Your SlideShare?
Take a look at one of my favorite SlideShare examples below that walks you through the presentation development steps:
While social media is great resource for businesses, it's also constantly being filled with online noise. Business owners are struggling to figure out how to create visual content to grab our customer's attention before they wander down another companies' social feed.
SlideShare gives you a place to stand out from the crowd. This traffic-building social program offers your customers a place to read through your visual content at their own pace while they're learning something that helps them grow their business. It's a place to grow your reach with potential new customers while increasing your engagement with your loyal fans.
And with some research, planning and social sharing, your SlideShare presentations results can bring your site more traffic and qualified leads than just posting updates on Facebook.
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A state senator is trying for the second consecutive session to repeal a component of the state minimum wage law in the Nevada constitution.Sen. Joe Hardy, R-Boulder City, presented SJR2 to members of the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections on Thursday. It is the same resolution Hardy sponsored last session that never made it out of committee.This year, however, is different because of the Affordable Care Act's start next year, Hardy said."There's a new upside-down economic landscape, and opinions change," Hardy told committee members. "Now that it's not a sword hanging over their head, we ought to let them vote again."The resolution would repeal a constitutional law that requires employers who don't provide health insurance to pay $1 an hour more than the federal minimum wage. Voters adopted the increased wage law by wide margins in 2004 and 2006.Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with more than 50 workers that don't provide health insurance will be required to pay a $2,000 fine per employee, after the first 30 workers. For example, if a company has 51 employees, the fine would apply to 21."It will allow the health insurance we are now covered by to take effect and prevent employers from a double penalty," Hardy said of the resolution.Because it would change the constitution, the process is lengthy. The resolution would have to pass this session and again in 2015 before going to a vote of the people in 2016. Because of the process, Hardy said, passing the resolution now would position the Legislature to make an informed decision next session based on what happens between now and then as the Affordable Care Act is implemented."This vote now puts us in a position to do something then," Hardy said. "It does not put our course in concrete, because one Legislature cannot bind another vote."Representatives from the restaurant and retail industries and two chambers of commerce voiced support for the resolution."This resolution is a job-saving resolution," said George Ross with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. "We don't need an incentive anymore to provide health care."He added that keeping the high minimum wage would be a hiring deterrent to employers.Opponents said the resolution might be akin to the straw that broke the camel's back for minimum-wage earners."Most of these minimum-wage earners have two to four jobs, and every penny they make goes right back into the economy," said Patrick Sanderson, a lobbyist who spent his career as a construction worker with multiple jobs. "These are the people trying to live as a human being on minimum wage, and you can't do it. To lower this wage would be a disgrace."Sen. Pat Spearman, D-North Las Vegas and the chairwoman of the committee, said she was undecided on the issue and acknowledged both sides have merit. She said the multi-session process would not be any more of a factor than other considerations.
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Winter''s on its way. Hunker down and learn to play guitar - again!
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Most people don't think of Iowa as a great guitar state, but we actually seem to have the highest number of great guitar players per capita of any place, with the possible exception of Nashville, so every few years I go completely insane and get a bunch of them together to put on a show (I don't know how Muriel does it, I really don't—I'd go stark raving mad). The music is always top notch, the variety astounding, and the day leaves everybody with a deeper appreciation of what is possible with just two hands and a guitar. Once in a while, these events act like a catalyst for some of the players, inspiring them to throw out everything they know and start over. There were two guests in particular who came away profoundly affected, spent the subsequent winters "in the woodshed" and emerged phenomenal players who consistently rock my world with their technique and fluency.
Look, winter's coming on (for most of us), and the economy stinks so bad that gigs are ferociously hard to come by, so you may as well cloister yourself away someplace with a guitar, some Real or Fake Books, a couple guitar-oriented references on theory (for Dummies if you like), a scale book, an internet connection, a notebook and a handheld digital recorder. Here's what you're going to do: You're going to pretend you know practically nothing about playing the guitar, and you're going to use these resources to teach yourself this very winter. Forget everything you know, forget style, forget what you think of as your limitations.
Use the Real/Fake books as starting points (and they don't have to be these specific publishers—whatever books you like are fine, so long as they have the chords and notated melody). Pick a song that you know, or something that you'd like to learn (and if you don't know it, you can probably find at least one version of it at one of the usual online locations), but be sure to pick something you can sink your teeth into, and break it down. Start with the changes. Spend a lot of time listening to how the melody sits in the changes, how the harmonization shifts from major to minor. Listen for the tension in the harmonization, listen for resolutions that suggest chord substitution, find the common tones between the chords that help keep the song together. Then start playing with the changes a bit. Substitute a 2-chord for the 4-chord; resolve to the 6-chord instead of the tonic. See if you can hang on to some of the notes of one chord when you move to the next, even if those notes don't "belong" in that chord—and then figure out what the hell that new chord is. Play with passing tones and passing chords and walk that bass line. Don't skimp on this part; get to know those changes backward and forward, know what you can substitute and get a feel for how often you can use substitutions before the song starts falling apart.
Once you are comfortable with this part, record yourself a nice backing track, and be sure to give yourself some room, at least three or four choruses. Then start playing the melody over the changes until it is comfortable, and start adding variations and taking chances. If you're not a comfortable improviser, grab that scale book I mentioned before and run scales over the changes until you have the confidence to wing it. If that means an hour, or a day, or a week, take the time.
Work through as many songs as you can this way, and by the time the snow melts and warmth returns to the land, you'll be ready to rock in entirely new ways.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some wassail just about ready on the stove...


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Posted by Editoress on 11/19/01
Feldman Wins in Brazil
We received word form Herb Chlebek of FACT, that Martina Feldman won the Mountain Bike event at the Pan Am Championship yesterday in Brazil. We have no word about the other Canadians (Mathieu Toulouse, Marie-Hélene Prémont and Anne-Marie Jobin) who competed. As soon as we do, we will post their results.
4-Cross Replaces Dual
The UCI has made an official announcement:
Following the decision of the International Cycling Union Management Committee (Lisbon, 8.10.2001) regarding the removal of the "Dual" event from the World Championships and Tissot-UCI MTB World Cup program, from the beginning of the 2002 season, by a new event format with four riders on the course, we wish to inform you that the official title of this discipline will be: 4-Cross: 4X
CCA / NCCP Coaching Course
Courtesy CCA
The next NCCP Course will be held in February in Ottawa, Ontario, exact dates to be determined, this course will be held in English. There will also be a course held in French January 25 ˆ27 in Bromont, Quebec.
To become a coach certified at Level 3 in Cycling, you must achieve:
1. A three (3) day course, which is a common-core syllabus in all the cycling disciplines, including the following subjects:
- From Coach to Manager - presented by Pierre Hutsebaut
- Methodology of training - presented by Dr. Guy Thibault
- Mental Training - presented by Dr. Saul Miller
2. A technical course level in a cycling discipline different from your current level certification.   For example: If you possess trainer's certification on level road 2, you should obtain trainer's certification of level mountain 1etc.
Pre-required: complete Level 2 certification, Level 3 Theory (certain exemptions can be granted on production of a letter of request for that purpose, resulting from the candidate and from his provincial association, and subjected to the CCA approval)
Registration form in pdf format is available from the CCA website (if you have problems, please contact the CCA office at the contact information below.
Participants will be responsible for their own expenses. We will reserve your accommodation if necessary and confirm the exact location.
The details of the course will be sent directly to the registered participants. Please contact the office for more information.
Deadline for submissions is: January 4, 2002.
CCA contact information
Burnaby Velodrome pictures and links
Courtesy Ted Ritter
Photos and a short 'current status' update are on the Escape Velocity website.
Other photos and contact information can be found at the Velodrome website.
Happy Birthday to..... Melanie Dorion and Gord Fraser. Both are celebrating birthdays today.
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John Young, former president of the Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank, has spent a lifetime helping others. It was very early in his humanitarian career that he discovered how you can end hunger and poverty.
As a teenager he volunteered at a hospital one day to feed elderly patients, some very close to death. It was a difficult task and made him a little unsure about going back again. But when he did return for a second day, he saw the joy from the patients because someone cared enough to come back to help them.
Young learned that that is how you make a difference, you get involved and stay connected. If enough people do that hunger and poverty can be eliminated.
The answer to the societal problem of hunger can be found right here in your own backyard. The Freestore Foodbank, for instance, has provided a safety net, and a way out, for people in Cincinnati suffering from hunger. Those solutions are found in the strength of volunteers coming forward like Young did and then going on to become leaders.
There is enough food for everyone in the world, and we can do a much better job preventing food waste. So ending hunger is not something where a miracle cure has to be discovered. It's a case of stepping up the effort and getting more people involved.
Using the award-winning online game FreeRice, College of Mount St. Joseph (MSJ) students are answering questions in a variety of subjects like vocabulary and science. Every correct answer means 10 grains of rice donated to the UN World Food Programme. The rice is being sent to the school feeding program in Niger, a country that suffered from severe drought and is hosting refugees from the war in Mali. For many children in these impoverished, developing countries, the school meal might be the only one they receive the whole day.
Last fall I did a story on Ithaca College and how they make use of FreeRice as part of their hunger relief program called Food for Thought.
There are many ways now that people, schools, and organizations can get involved to end hunger. There is even a free app people can download onto their smartphones called Charity Miles. When your walk, run, or bike the app keeps track of your distance and for every mile a donation is made to Feeding America or the World Food Programme. You select the charity and the results get posted to your Facebook page. There are lot of athletes and teams so the potential for Charity Miles is amazing.
Charity Miles is partnering with Feeding America for the Together We Can Solve Hunger Campaign. "The campaign provides people with simple, easy ways to engage in the fight against hunger," said Shannon Traeger, spokesperson for Feeding America. "With more than 50 million Americans living at risk of hunger, including more than one in five children, we're encouraging everyone to do their part."
Find a way to get involved and fight hunger. Educate others and get them involved too. This dedication can make a difference in ending hunger here at home and across the globe. The solution to this menace to mankind is right here in front of us.


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Home prices rose by 9.3% in February from one year ago, the largest gain in the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city index in nearly seven years.
Tuesday's report is the latest sign that the U.S. housing market has rebounded after home prices hit a bottom one year ago. The report showed broad-based home price gains, with all 20 cities that compose the index posting year-over-year price gains.
Here are five takeaways from Tuesday's report:
1. Prices set to rise: Price increases are likely to continue because there are more buyers chasing fewer homes for sale. At the current pace of sales, it would take around 4.7 months to sell the inventory of homes for sale, which is near an eight-year low. This price growth is also being fed by improved affordability, rising household formation, higher rents and fewer foreclosed properties on the market. Come this summer, home prices could be at a boil in more markets unless there are more homes that hit the market. The big fears of years past—that a "shadow inventory" of potential foreclosures would swamp the market—have given way to concerns that there aren't enough homes to sate rising demand.
2. Who's hot: Price gains have been the most dramatic in markets with strong job growth and/or in markets that experienced some of the most jaw-dropping declines over the past seven years. Housing markets such as Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Atlanta fit the latter category. Prices have fallen by more than 50% from their 2006 highs, but they've since posted double-digit increases. Prices were up by 23% in Phoenix and by 16.5% in Atlanta from a year ago. The year-over-year gain in Atlanta was a record—the largest annual gain since the Case-Shiller series began in 1992. Meanwhile, housing markets such as San Francisco, Seattle, and Dallas are benefiting from job growth and higher incomes. Prices in Dallas were up by 7.1%, the largest such gain since the Case-Shiller series for that city began in 2001. Prices were up by 18.9% in San Francisco.
3. Who's not: Prices are the most sluggish in the markets that have seen less dramatic declines and where there is still an elevated level of foreclosed properties. While New York home prices were only up by 1.9% from one year ago, it's worth remembering that the New York metro also posted about half of the peak-to-trough decline as Las Vegas or Phoenix. The market has had less of a bounce, but it also has seen a less precipitous decline. New York and Illinois also have higher levels of "shadow inventory" of potential foreclosures because banks have struggled to repossess homes in the states' judicial foreclosure system.
4. Overstating the bounce: The S&P/Case-Shiller index could have overstated both the magnitudes of the declines and the more recent rebound due to the way the index is constructed. Because foreclosed properties tend to sell at lower prices than comparable homes—in part because banks are less patient sellers and in part because the homes may not be as well cared-for—price declines can be amplified by a rising share of distressed sales. When the share of distressed sales falls, on the other hand, prices may look like they're rising faster than they are. Other price indexes that don't include foreclosures, such as a home-value index published by Zillow, showed that prices were up by 5.1% in March from one year ago.
"The appreciation rates we're currently seeing in the Case-Shiller composite are not broadly reflective of what's happening in the national housing market right now," said Stan Humphries, chief economist at Zillow. The Case-Shiller series, he added, "is overly skewed to quickly rebounding markets—particularly in the Southwest and on the West Coast—and is being boosted by a shift in transactions away from foreclosure re-sales."
5. No winter holiday: Prices defied the seasonal slowdown. Normally, sales activity cools in the winter and prices take a breather. But that didn't happen this year—home prices actually went up in December, January, and February. Prices in February rose by 0.3%, and after adjusting for seasonal factors, they were up by 1.2%. Look for an even larger year-over-year figure next month, when Case-Shiller reports on home prices for March. Why? The index hit its most recent bottom in March 2012, so the comparison is already likely to look good—even before considering the unusually strong winter.


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Flood waters in Thamesville and Chatham have begun to recede. All Lambton Kent District School Board schools will be open on Monday as normal; however, some bus routes may be affected by road closures.
Please visit the schoolbusinfo.com website or download the MySBI app for the latest information.
The EarlyON child care at Thamesville Area Central Public School and the Before-and-After School Program at Zone Township Central School will be open on Monday, Feb. 26.


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What's Hot
Vibrant and bold colors are 2009 must haves, so try and add a touch here and there with exciting accessories. Bright colored bags, shoes and necklaces will all promote the fashion fever of 2009. Ruffles and ruching are a strong look not only on dresses and tops but on bags too.
If shoes are your next purchase then gladiator strap sandals with open fronts on the shoes and high leg boots are a must have. Wide belts with big buckles and huge necklaces, stacked cuff bangles and tribal jewelery are the fashion essentials
These days every woman has a wardrobe full of handbags and most have an array of handbags to match a different outfit. In fact, the average woman owns at least eight handbags and buys a new one every 3 months.
Handbag Tips
To really make your outfit shine always remember to buy a handbag to compliment your figure and in which must have some coordination and balance with your body. So even though its tempting to buy a handbag just to be on course with the fashion trend its still best to adjust it with your figure to make your outfit really stand out.
When buying a handbag most fashion experts suggest that if your tall and slim then you should avoid smaller bags and go for the mid size, bulky and larger handbags as these will best suit your stature. On the other hand if you have a shorter physique its always best to choose smaller handbags to compliment your figure as larger handbags will make you appear smaller.
When choosing the shape of a handbag is always best to choose the opposite of your body type. Therefore if you're small and petite it's best to choose tall and rectangular bags as this will make you look taller. If you are slim and tall then its best to choose rounded bags to compliment your figure.
What's Hot
At present a large handbag is the way to go which is great for women who need to mix style with functionality. Oversized, multi-pocked and easy to carry bags have been strolling down the catwalks and in the major cities. Although not one of the largest bags around but still very popular is the clutch bag. Many designers have created these small handbags for carrying the most essential items and these are a great opportunity to wear something bold and bright for 2009. If you are a bit hesitant at wearing something bright then compliment a small clutch bag with a pair of matching neutral colored heels is a subtle way to stay top on the trend ladder.
This spring and summer is the season for bold, bright and colorful designs. A new wave of colors has hit the fashion trend so a palette of earthy and fiery tones like brown, gold, reds, yellows and oranges are a huge hit at the moment and dont forget grape purple and emerald green which are also welcoming additions. Whatever colors you decide there are a variety of shades and tones to suit any choice of outfit.
Chain Bags the classic bag that is again timeless this season.
Oversized Clutches and Totes still a firm favorite this year and works well in the day as well as in the night.
Fringed Bags These are a huge hit for 2009 and can be worked day or night. A neutral tone will provide a longer usage.
Quilted Purses a must have at the moment, either a bright color or with gold charms and your on to a winner
Ruched Bags and multicolored woven bags will also give your outfit a truly fashionable edge.
Sunglasses are one of the smallest accessories you can wear but yet one of the most important. In fact sunglasses have been known to define an era or start a phenomenon which pasted years. Although sunglasses are worn for fashion they do have a functional side in which stop harmful rays which then can help maintain strong eyesight.
Sunglasses Guide
Oval Face can work with almost any style such as wraparounds, shields and square shaped frames.
Round Face wider and rectangular frames suit this face type best. Its best to minimize the curves as will make the face appear longer
Diamond Face oval, square and rimless will all soften the contour of the face and compliment it.
Square face oval and round will all provide the face with definition which will work well.
Oblong Face frames that are rounded and square will work best and which do not extend the widest part of the face.
Triangle Face rimless bottoms, straight top line and cat eyes will all soften the lower portion of the face.
Whats Hot
At present wrap around sunglasses which extend past the eye to the temple and shields which are one piece are both hot on the fashion runway.
Sunglasses are also not immune to the retro craze and Aviators and Wayfarer have both enjoyed a new wave of success since WWII when pilots liked this style.


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A QR Code (Quick Response Code) is a form of barcode that can be scanned with a smartphone. It will take you straight to a mobile enhanced web page displaying the property without the hassle of typing in a long and complicated web address.
To scan the QR Code you need to have a QR Code reader "app" installed on your smartphone. There are many "apps" available but here are a few that we have tested:
You can share Property details with your friends and family on many social networking sites.
You will need an account with the site you are sharing on. There are many social networking sites available but the most popular are: